Infidelity in Marriages

In the United States alone, cases of infidelity keep on increasing in the past few years. While infidelity becomes one of the most common reasons for divorce, some still hesitate to break up with their partners who cheated on them. When you are married, it is not easy to make on-the-spot decisions. Is leaving the right decision? Is it worth staying to fix things up? Here are some tips that might help you on dealing with infidelity.

Making decisions immediately will not do you any good.

It is normal to have initial reactions: shouting at your partner, being mad at them, or leaving the house for a while. But making up your mind immediately is not a smart move. Having extreme emotions when deciding, can put you into a situation that you may regret sooner or later. It is better to give yourself time to think things through. Give yourself time to grieve to take out all the negativity that this problem has brought to you.

Talk once all emotions have calmed down. If you can.

Once all the emotions have calmed down, as much as possible, communicate with your partner. Though this is quite impossible on certain situations, try your best to know what the cause of the cheating was. Through this, you will know what have gone wrong in your relationship. On the other hand, this can help you to decide whether to stay or start to plan a future without your spouse.

It is up to you to choose whether to leave or to save your marriage.

The kind of person that you are may determine the choices that you will make. If you are the strong and independent type who doesn’t want to condone cheating, you may opt to leave your partner. However, the pain will stay if you haven’t talk and clear things out. Closure is necessary to put up the shutters to all the questions you have in mind.

It takes a strong person to forgive and forget. But when your love prevails and when there are children involved, you might choose to fix your family.

It is the inability of spouses to give solution to the issues that the infidelity has brought to their relationship that causes the divorce. It is the duty of the unfaithful spouse to gain the trust of his or her partner again.

Patience, assurance, sincerity, and taking responsibility for the mistake you’ve done will be needed in fixing your marriage.

As for the spouse who was cheated on, listening will be the key to understand why your partner became unfaithful. While forgiving would take time, learn to accept that your partner committed a mistake. Help each other to move forward. After all your marriage is teamwork.

Whatever choice you will make, always consider the factors that affect your marriage. Take into account your family always. Learn to gradually forgive. This will help you the more than anyone else. Being bitter and letting negativity in your life will ruin you. Embrace the changes that may happen to you and take your step into the brighter end of the tunnel.

Mr. Hutton is a Divorce and Custody Lawyer based out of Round Rock, TX. His background is with child psychology at Arizona State University where he received a B.S. in 2006, and he continued this by working with the Children’s Right’s Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law where he received his J.D. in 2009. Throughout his practice, he has been a strong proponent of utilizing modern technology to improve his practice and the representation of his clients. He currently is the technology chair of CAFA of Travis County and is committed to improving and modernizing the practice of law in Texas.